Top Note Performing Arts Academy

Top Note Performing Arts Academy offers Spotlight Intensive, Once More with Feeling!!, Summer Splash!, and private lessons in voice, acting, and auditioning. Spotlight Intensive includes a fast paced variety show, Once More with Feeling!! includes improv, acting techniques, musical performance, theatre games, and rehearsing the show, and Summer Splash! includes Improv, Dance, Art, Puppetry, Masks, Sets, and Stage Makeup.

Programs

• Spotlight Intensive — 5th-High School; 3rd-4th graders accepted case-by-case · M-F 9:30-3:30 · $450 · Location: Northbrook Court; two weeks; culminates in a unique fast paced variety show.
• Once More with Feeling!! — 2nd-12th grade · M-F 9:00-5:00 · $800 · Location: Lincolnwood; 4 weeks; morning classes include improv, acting techniques, musical performance, and theatre games; afternoons are dedicated to rehearsing the show.
• Summer Splash! — 3rd-12th grade · M-F 9:30-3:30 · $200–$300 · Location: Northbrook Court; 1 week; half day option available; mornings include Improv, Dance, Art, Puppetry, Masks, and Sets; afternoons focus on Stage Makeup.
• Private lessons — Voice, acting, and auditioning classes; available individually or in packages that never expire.

At a glance

• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Price range: $200–$800
• General schedule: Summer camps; ongoing classes, seasonal workshops, performances, and events.

About the provider

Top Note Performing Arts Academy started out as a three week summer program and has expanded into a full curriculum. Its mission is to provide affordable, unintimidating, accessible creative outlets for a child's imagination and expression.

Some programs require a deposit online. Registration is open for Summer 2026. Internship or student positions are available for 10th-12th graders. Commuter, Recruiter, and Sibling discounts are available. The school asks families to contact them if cost is still an issue.

Last updated August 23, 2026.